Bullet Hell

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Originally Posted by Dyne

Because the devs are smart enough not to be forced to put waggle in a genre that doesn't need it.

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Nobody is forced to put motion controls into anything. I can point to all kinds of Wii releases without it.

Wiiware would actually be a pretty good spot for shooters just because of the widespread adoption of the classic controller. It's not like anybody's making arcade shooters in HD anyway (yeah, yeah, except for Otomedius), so nothing would be lost there.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

• The PS2 and 360 are the only viable platforms for the genre, because of market penetration and ease of development, respectively.

One thing I don't quite understand is why the Wii isn't a good fit, but that wasn't discussed in the article, other than to mention Super Star Soldier R and Gradius Rebirth on WiiWare.

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Maybe that is what they were referring to when they talked about market penetration? Maybe the gamers that buy shooters tend not to own Wiis?

That said, the controller for the Wii has everything you need for a good shooter: D-Pad and 2 buttons

I can't speak to the point about ease of development for the Wii...

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Originally Posted by StriderKyo

It's not like anybody's making arcade shooters in HD anyway (yeah, yeah, except for Otomedius), so nothing would be lost there.

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Except that a vertical shooter on a HD set lets a non-TATE setup work, while with low resolution it looks like horrible ass (as seen on the PS2). Plus we'd end up with the MM9 issue of possible lag through upconversion which would render it useless regardless of how it looked.

Aside from having a built-in audience that doesn't want them, the Wii strikes me as being the worst choice for shooters for the people that want to play them. You lack the no-region and resolution of the PS3, the resolution and ease of porting of the 360, and all three of those for the PC. Plus, if they wanted to add online leaderboards the Wii is again the worst choice, and I'm not sure if they could even patch that in later on that system if they wanted to.

I'm kind of suspect that a disappointing worldwide budget release via XBLA is really so disproportionate to what's earned from a semi-successful niche release in a single territory.

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The ports included in Fantasy Zone Complete Collection were done by redrawing every sprite and animation and recreating the exact frame rate of the original. This was done so the game would play identically to the original, rather than letting an emulator negatively impact the results.

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Completely and utterly anal? Yes, but damn the results were good.